In the days before President Donald Trump suddenly paused most of the punishing tariffs on foreign countries he had revealed in early April, more than a dozen congressional lawmakers were tied to thousands of dollars’ worth of stock transactions,

The monthly inflation report set to be released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to provide the most definitive look yet at whether U.S. companies are passing the cost of President Donald Trump's higher import duties on to customers.

While Donald Trump hailed the outcome of trade talks in London, Xi Jinping walked away with an understated strategic gain: a negotiating process that buys China time and helps defuse the threat of more harmful tariffs and technology curbs.

US stock futures pulled back on Thursday as Wall Street assessed President Trump's evolving trade policy as well as softening inflation. On Wednesday, Trump said that he would send letters to trading partners within a week or two setting unilateral tariff rates.

Protests surrounding immigration enforcement actions in the Los Angeles area and the Trump administration's response to them have cued up a public spat between President Donald Trump and Gov.

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are down -0.35%, andJune Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM25) are down -0.30% this morning as concerns around U.S. trade policy and escalating geopolitical tensions weighed on sentiment,

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress that it is "highly likely" that a pause related to steep new US tariffs on other countries will be extended for countries that are negotiating with the administration "in good faith.